Clithon faba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Species:
C. faba
Binomial name
Clithon faba
Sowerby I, 1836
Synonyms
  • Clithon (Clithon) faba (G.B. Sowerby I, 1836) (new combination)
  • Nerita interrupta Récluz, 1843
  • Neritina faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 (original combination)
  • Neritina faba var. fasciata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina faba var. sagittata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina faba var. strigosa E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina fasciata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina interrupta G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (probable synonym)
  • Neritina sagittata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina strigosa Martens, 1878
  • Neritina troscheli Récluz, 1850 (a junior synonym)

Clithon faba is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines, Singapore and in Japan: Honshū and Kyūshū,[3] Vietnam.[4]

Clithon faba shell.

References

  1. Köhler F. (2011). Clithon faba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189416A8728700. Downloaded on 07 April 2016.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon faba (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737540 on 2021-09-23
  3. (in Japanese) "カノコガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.
  4. Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.
  • Chin, I. M. (2003). Variation in Monodonta labio among different intertidal habitats in Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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